Sr Subcontract Administrator

- ; Establish Bidders' Lists: Research market for potential sources of supply for subcontracted items. Includes obtaining referrals from peers, other colleagues and teammates, suppliers and customers; researching journals, registers, and catalogs; and perusing websites and other internet sources of information.

- Prepare RFP/RFQ Packages: Assemble applicable drawings, specifications, quality requirements, terms and conditions, and read and review such documents for completeness and accuracy, as well as for other related documents incorporated in such documents; assist in the preparation of Statements of Work and review final drafts for completeness and accuracy; draft RPP/RFQ cover letter including all required bidders217; instructions, proposal evaluation criteria, and call-outs of all applicable RFP/RFQ documents.

- Monitor Proposal Process: Act as focal point for answering questions from bidders; arrange conference calls with technical personnel as needed; ensure that the competitive process is not compromised. Review RFP/RFQ changes as they may occur and process accordingly, conferring with all bidders and extending due dates for proposals/quotes as needed.

- Processing of Proposals/Quotes: ; Receive proposals/quotes from bidders; make copies and distribute proposals to proposal evaluation team; monitor proposal reviews and evaluations; arrange and facilitate teleconferences with bidders as needed; coordinate and lead formal proposal scoring and ranking process; prepare elaborate and complex numerical scoring spreadsheets showing comparative proposal data; prepare final source selection justification on behalf of the team and provide to Management for concurrence.

· Negotiations: Negotiate with successful bidder including any pricing, delivery, quality, performance, and/or terms and conditions conflicts. Resolve conflicts with successful bidder and with internal team to ensure buy-in by all parties. Summarize a formal Negotiation Agreement and obtain the subcontractor's concurrence.

- Subcontract Preparation & Issuance: ; Prepare formal subcontract documents including all relevant agreements between the parties. Review the documents for completeness, accuracy, and legal sufficiency. Ensure that a fully released and current technical data package of all of the subcontract requirements is available.Review such package for completeness, accuracy, and legal sufficiency. Prepare a formal contractual Subcontract/Purchase Order file and document all facets of the procurement accordingly, in accordance with all applicable policies and procedures; obtain all required Management approvals and incorporate changes as may be requested; then, issue formal Subcontract to the supplier.

- Monitor Subcontractor's Performance: Develop a subcontract management plan in cooperation with a cross-functional subcontract management team; facilitate and oversee the execution of that plan; resolve conflicts and issues as they arise during the performance of the subcontract. Arrange and facilitate teleconferences with the supplier to be held on a regular basis; prepare agendas for each such conference; prepare minutes following each such conference; establish, maintain, and ensure closure of all action items resulting from such conferences or resulting from overall subcontractor performance. ;

- Formal Subcontract Reviews: Schedule and make all necessary arrangements and prepare agendas for formal design and other program reviews to be held either at Rockwell Collins or at the supplier's facility. Travel to supplier's facility with team members and act as facilitator and coordinator for such design reviews. Record and publish minutes from these reviews, maintain, track, and expedite closure of all assigned action items.

Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in appropriate discipline or six years related experience plus four years of related exempt experience.
US Citizenship or Permanent Resident (Green Card) is required.